Respiratory System Flashcards
(58 cards)
1
Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoids
2
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alveol/o
A
alveolus
3
Q
atel/o
A
imperfect, incomplete
4
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchus
5
Q
bronchi/o
A
bronchus
6
Q
capn/o
A
carbon dioxide
7
Q
diaphragmat/o
A
diaphragm
8
Q
epiglott/o
A
epiglottis
9
Q
hem/o
A
blood
10
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
11
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx
12
Q
lob/o
A
lobe
13
Q
muc/o
A
mucus
14
Q
nas/o
A
nost
15
Q
orth/o
A
straight
16
Q
ox/i
A
oxygen
17
Q
pharyng/o
A
pharynx
18
Q
phon/o
A
sound, voice
19
Q
phren/o
A
diaphragm
20
Q
pleur/o
A
pleura
21
Q
pneum/o
A
lung, air
22
Q
pneumon/o
A
lung, air
23
Q
pneumat/o
A
lung
24
Q
pulmon/o
A
lung
25
py/o
pus
26
radi/o
x-rays, ionzing radiation
27
respir/o
breath, breathing
28
rhin/o
nose
29
sept/o
septum
30
sinus/o
sinus
31
somn/o
sleep
32
son/o
sound
33
spir/o
breathe, breathing
34
thorac/o
thorax, chest cavity
35
tom/o
to cut, section, slice
36
tonsill/o
tonsil
37
trache/o
trachea
38
-algia
pain
39
-cele
hernia, protrusion
40
-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
41
-ectasis
stretching out, dilation, expansion
42
-ectomy
excision, cut out
43
-emia
in the blood
44
-genic
producing, originating, causing
45
-gram
to record, radiographic image
46
-meter
instrument used to measure
47
-metry
measurement
48
-oid
resembling
49
-pexy
surgical fixation, suspension
50
-plasty
surgical repair
51
-pnea
breathing
52
-rrhagia
rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding
53
-spasm
sudden involuntary muscle contraction, spasmodic contraction
54
-stenosis
constriction, narrowing
55
-stomy
creation of an artificial opening
56
-thorax
chest, chest cavity
57
-tomy
cut into, incision
58
-tome
instrument used to cut
